Chased By Fire (Book 1) (33 page)

The powerful draasin – elemental creatures of fire not seen for a thousand years – have returned. Not all are convinced they should have been freed.
 

As Tan struggles to learn earth shaping, he discovers dangerous fire shapers from Incendin have come to Ethea. When the city is attacked by the draasin, Tan must use his connection with them to learn why. Doing so leads him from the city and forces him to once more face the terrible shapers of Incendin, but this time bound to the draasin for help. If he fails, much more than his life is at stake, for Incendin has stolen the artifact and plans to use its power for unknown destruction.

Also by DK Holmberg: The Lost Garden series.

Keeper of the Forest

Eris Taeresin, third daughter to the king, is tired of being different. She’s wasted months searching the massive palace garden for a flower that will let her join her sisters in lessons to learn the secret language of flowers. Each day the Mistress of Flowers finds some reason to refuse, all while her sisters found theirs easily, a fact they love to throw in her face.
 

When she finally finds a strange flower that satisfies the stern Mistress of Flowers, Eris is told she needs to learn more about the flower before she can join the lessons, leaving her spending more days searching the garden. At least now she has Terran, a handsome young gardener, for company.
 

Then, while her father’s men fight a war in the north and with her oldest sister planning her wedding with the Saffra prince, Eris discovers the Mistress of Flowers might be more than she realized. After overhearing her father’s magi advisor, she begins to suspect the Mistress of Flowers is a flower mage who intends to use the garden in a plot against the kingdom. Eris soon learns the threat against the kingdom is deeper than she suspected and now she might be the only one able to save it from destruction.

The Desolate Bond

Newly named keeper of the forest, Eris Taeresin struggles to understand what her new role – and new powers – mean for her. A keeper can use the energy stored within the forest, can learn from ancient lessons woven into deeply buried roots, but Eris doesn’t fully control it. As she fails to use that power, she begins to wonder if she really is a keeper of trees. With the Conclave of Magi attacking along the southern border, Eris must learn the key to her abilities or everything she knows will be lost.

To help, she decides to return home to learn from the Lira, the Mistress of Flowers, knowing it will put a strain on her growing relationship with Terran. There she discovers her mother is dying and Lira cannot save her. As Eris works to learn whether her connection to the forest can save her mother, she discovers a mysterious message hidden in flowers around the palace. Before she can decipher its meaning, she is betrayed and taken from the palace.

Eris must discover the key to her abilities in order to save herself, help her mother, stop the magi, all without losing Terran, but can she do so in time?